Stop and Search

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many persons in the Metropolitan police area were stopped and searched by the police; how many such stops and searches resulted in (a) detection of an alleged offence, (b) charging of a person with an offence and (c) conviction of a person for an offence; and what were the offences involved in the above cases, for each year since 1979;

(2) if he will call for reports from the appropriate chief constables as to the following information in respect of each police force area in England and Wales other than the Metropolitan police area, namely (a) for each area since 1979, the number of persons who were stopped and searched by the police, (b) the numbers of such stops and searches, respectively, which resulted in (i) detection of an alleged offence, (ii) charging of a person with an offence and (iii) conviction of a person for an offence, stating the offences involved in the above cases.